This collection contains blueprints, drawings, notes, sketches, memoranda, surveys, photographic slides, and master plans relating to projects and initiatives undertaken by the Office of the University Architect. The majority of materials correspond to Edwin F. Harris’s tenure as Campus Planning Consultant, beginning in 1966, and ... More

This collection contains blueprints, drawings, notes, sketches, memoranda, surveys, photographic slides, and master plans relating to projects and initiatives undertaken by the Office of the University Architect. The majority of materials correspond to Edwin F. Harris’s tenure as Campus Planning Consultant, beginning in 1966, and later as director of Facilities Planning Division, a title which eventually became University Architect. However, the collection includes materials that pre-date Harris, as well as more recent additions to the collection. The mission of the University Architect is to plan the university's built environment, meaning not only campus buildings but also, especially under Edwin F. Abie Harris, the spaces between them. During Harris's tenure, some of the office's major projects included the initial planning of North Carolina State University's Centennial Campus, the development of a new physical masterplan, as well as the construction or renovation of several Main Campus buildings. Less